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Name: Waldorf Astoria

The Empire Room, which was once the premier entertainment club in New York, helped launch the careers of Diana Ross and Frank Sinatra.

Ginger Rogers appeared in the first major film to feature a hotel, Weekend at the Waldorf.

The Waldorf Astoria was the first hotel to abolish the "Ladies Entrance."

The Waldorf Astoria was the first hotel to start the practice of having assistant managers in the lobby to greet and assist guests with their needs.

 

 
 


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With a pair of 42-story towers rising from an 18-story base, the Waldorf-Astoria commands a prominent perch on majestic Park Avenue. The entrance to the Waldorf Towers is just around the comer on East 50th Street, and there's another main portal on Lexington Avenue. Just a short walk away are midtown landmarks like Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, and St. Patrick's Cathedral, plus the smart shops of Fifth and Madison avenues.

The lobby's comfortable seating ensembles, accented with marble, dark wood, potted palms, and dim lamps, convey overtones of formal living rooms from a bygone era. The dress code stipulates that "T-shirts, tank tops, faded jeans, cut-offs, and casual hats are not permitted" in the lobbies and lounges.

Commonly just called the “Waldorf,” the hotel wove its way into the social history of the 30s, 40s and 50s. Its staff claims it was the first hotel to introduce room service, to abolish the separate ladies entrance and to encourage frequent guests to make their suites permanent homes; the top 12 floors, called the Waldorf Towers, are made up entirely of residential suites. Some of the Towers’ residents have been President Herbert Hoover and five-star generals Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur and Omar Bradley.

For people from all walks of life, staying or dining at the Waldorf-Astoria is the ultimate New York experience, a magic carpet ride fit for a king or queen. With flair and finesse, this imposing palace on Park Avenue treats every guest like royalty.

Dominating the Waldorf Astoria New York main lobby's front desk area is an ornately carved bronze clock from the 1893 Chicago's World Fair, a symbol of the Waldorf and a well-known meeting place. Set on an octagonal marble-and-mahogany base and topped with a shiny bronze Statue of Liberty, the two-ton, nine-foot-tall clock was made by Goldsmith of London. Carved faces on the sides include Queen Victoria, Benjamin Franklin, and Presidents George Washington, Andrew Jackson, and Ulysses S. Grant.
 

 

     
 

 

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